@article{Farid:211250,
      recid = {211250},
      author = {Farid, K. S.},
      title = {Home away home: Adjustment experience of Bangladeshi  immigrants in the Netherlands},
      journal = {Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University},
      address = {2014-12-31},
      number = {452-2016-35821},
      series = {12(2)},
      pages = {6},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Adjustment into a new culture is of crucial importance for  the immigrants to lead a meaningful life in that culture.  The present study investigates the adjustment experiences  of Bangladeshi immigrants in the Netherlands by exploring  and describing the nature of psychological, socio-cultural,  and economic adjustment. Participants were 14 Bangladeshi  immigrants aged between 29 and 62 years who were selected  through snowball sampling technique, were directly or  indirectly related with restaurant business and had been  residing in the Netherlands for at least five years. A  qualitative approach to data collection and analysis was  employed in order to get insights from the study  participants. For collecting data, in-depth interviews were  conducted among the study participants. Data analysis was  done with the use of MAXQDA qualitative data analysis  software. Examination of the interview transcripts revealed  that the immigrants are psychologically happy with their  well-being, as almost all of their expectations have been  fulfilled despite some problems of cultural differences.  Bangladeshi immigrants maintain socio-cultural relationship  with the people sufficient to lead normal daily lives as  they do hardly face any problem. However, there interaction  with Dutch is limited. Though they are not completely happy  with their busy lives in the Netherlands, they feel better  here compared to Bangladesh. They are economically adjusted  because of the fulfilment of their economic expectations.  Several practical implications were elicited from the  research including a need for programmes that promote  immigrants’ integration with the mainstream of the Dutch  society by encouraging the broadening of social  relationship.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/211250},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.211250},
}